Janneke Twombly: How can Christians support Trump?

Our president, in a meeting about DACA, immigrant children brought here by their parents, said about immigrants from Haiti and all African countries, "Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here? Take them out! Why can't we have more people from countries like Norway?"

I'll tell you why, Mr. President. Poor black Haitians and Africans have an opportunity here to get an American education, become leaders here or anywhere else and make the world a better place for everyone.

Martin Luther King declared that we must not judge people by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Are not people of great character helpers, compassionate, not caring much about hoarding money, but rather feeding the poor and caring for the needy?

Is not that exactly what Jesus Christ preached? Luke 12:15 says, "Life does not consist in the abundance of possessions." Help the poor, feed the hungry we see many times in the Bible. Jesus chose 12 disciples, mostly illiterate and dark-skinned like Himself, to be his followers. They all became great leaders.

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Many senators and representatives call themselves Christians. How can they vote in support of Donald Trump, who makes the rich richer (tax relief for the rich), takes health care away from the middle class and the poor, calls climate change a hoax, threatens to wipe out North Korea and "Little Rocket Man" with fire and fury, is a racist, etc., etc., who beats himself on the breast and declares, "I am very smart, I really am a very stable genius." Never in history have truly intelligent people called themselves that! On the contrary, they are very humble, compassionate people!

The sooner we can impeach this president the better. So we can truly make America and the whole world great!

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